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this is where president barack obama and first lady michelle obama will board air force one and head for boston. we want to show you what president barack obama did to head relief efforts in boston. >>> and they are leading to tighter security particularly at sporting events throughout the country and police will be out in force at the shark tank. janine de la vega is here to tell us more. >> reporter: they are honoring people who died and they will honor them when sharks take on minnesota. there will be an increase in police looking for suspicious activity and canine units will be doing a bomb sweet before the game. -- bomb sweeps before the game. this morning shark's fans say they welcome the increased patrol. >> i think it is a good thing and the more they do it, the less likely they are to do thing. >> a lot of people are saying, there is no way to get caught why not do it. >> police continue to monitor the area and they have taken steps to ensure the city's 911 system remains operationnal incase of an emergency and patrol officer are looking for any suspicious activity. now we p
this is where president barack obama and first lady michelle obama will board air force one and head for boston. we want to show you what president barack obama did to head relief efforts in boston. >>> and they are leading to tighter security particularly at sporting events throughout the country and police will be out in force at the shark tank. janine de la vega is here to tell us more. >> reporter: they are honoring people who died and they will honor them when sharks take on...
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. >>> he is accused of sending poison to president barack obama and a judge and a senator. lawyers for kevin curtis said he should be released because there is no physical evidence connecting him to the crime. they did not find anything after they searched his home and a search of his computers did not turn up any evidence but they are still searching for an external hard drive. >> they are trying to drill secretary of homeland security janet napolitano on boarder security and as kyla campbell reports, it is the second one this week on the new immigration bill. >> reporter: they are picking apart the immigration reform bill from last week and they are expected to focus on boarder security. skeptical republicans said the obama administration record is poor but they say something needs to be done but 11 million undocumented immigrants are not going to leave the u.s. 70% of their workers are in the u.s. illegally and they want to work towards becoming u.s. citizens. farmers in california are struggling and have an inconsistent supply of workers. >> it's as close to coming to a
. >>> he is accused of sending poison to president barack obama and a judge and a senator. lawyers for kevin curtis said he should be released because there is no physical evidence connecting him to the crime. they did not find anything after they searched his home and a search of his computers did not turn up any evidence but they are still searching for an external hard drive. >> they are trying to drill secretary of homeland security janet napolitano on boarder security and as...
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and in about a half hour, first lady obama and president barack obama will be going to the area. coming up, the action president barack obama took last night to help with the relief efforts in boston. >>> here is more on what is going none san francisco, is that the bomb scare? is it going to affect traffic? >> yes, and i spoke to muni and bart, they are running and getting through. some of those exits are closed. if you want to be safe just go to powell or embarcadero instead but they are running. we are off to a steady and slow start and traffic is moving along well so far coming to the bay bridge toll plaza -- plaza and there are no troubles getting into san francisco. also 580 westbound to caster moore -- to livermore and caster valley, i just heard they are reopening the area, are they going to start reopening market street? that is the latest we just heard coming up. >>> and we have lows running 5 to 10 degrees cooler and all of the observations are coming up coming up and things are a lot quieter windwise. fog might come back into the picture friday and saturday. early nex
and in about a half hour, first lady obama and president barack obama will be going to the area. coming up, the action president barack obama took last night to help with the relief efforts in boston. >>> here is more on what is going none san francisco, is that the bomb scare? is it going to affect traffic? >> yes, and i spoke to muni and bart, they are running and getting through. some of those exits are closed. if you want to be safe just go to powell or embarcadero instead...
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then he and first lady michelle obama met with victims from the last. i'm waiting to hear back from my contact. of coursely keep you posted when i see you next hour. live in washington kyla campbell. >>> in other news this morning the new immigration reform bill gets its first test at the hearing of the senate judiciary hearing. the so-called gang of eight senators formerly unvailed the plan yesterday. it includes a 13 year path to citizenship. some critics of the bill say it amounts to amnesty for people who entered the u.s. illegally. >>> 5:15. in san mateo county 65 misplaced ballots from the november election have been found. they were found friday in a storage vault at the county elections office. the chief election officer says someone accidentally put them inside of a closed box but he is pointing out there was not enough ballots to swing the race but he is investigating why this happened. >>> meantime there are two more developments in the fatal shooting of quinn boyer. the oldest of the suspect christian burton was in court. he is being tried a
then he and first lady michelle obama met with victims from the last. i'm waiting to hear back from my contact. of coursely keep you posted when i see you next hour. live in washington kyla campbell. >>> in other news this morning the new immigration reform bill gets its first test at the hearing of the senate judiciary hearing. the so-called gang of eight senators formerly unvailed the plan yesterday. it includes a 13 year path to citizenship. some critics of the bill say it amounts...
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. >>> and authorities reveal the obama administration has cut prevention. they told the london daily mail ten years ago department of homeland had $20 million for preventing domestic bombing. right now it reads under 11 million under budget. right now they are talking about gun legislation and kyla campbell reports from the washington d.c. newsroom, average americans are seemingly backing off the push for tougher laws, kyla? >> reporter: they are weakening across the country and here is the latest poll. 49% of americans now support stricter gun laws which is down 58% in january. this afternoon the senate is voting on at least 9 different pieces of legislation and they will expand to online gun sales and shows. it needs 60 votes to pass and based on a number of senators speaking out it looks like they could fall short. there are others up for a vote including an assault weapons ban led by dianne finestein. >> we hope to set up a series of votes both sides would like to initially offer on this legislation. >> the final legislation will -- >> reporter: the fin
. >>> and authorities reveal the obama administration has cut prevention. they told the london daily mail ten years ago department of homeland had $20 million for preventing domestic bombing. right now it reads under 11 million under budget. right now they are talking about gun legislation and kyla campbell reports from the washington d.c. newsroom, average americans are seemingly backing off the push for tougher laws, kyla? >> reporter: they are weakening across the country and...
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we are told president obama was briefed overnight by his homeland security and counterterrorism advisor -- counter terrorism advisors. just hours before that deadly shooting over night, the president enfierce lady were in boston. he spoke at the interface prayer service and then the two visited victims from monday's last. janet napolitano will speak at a hearing in 45 minutes. if that goes on as scheduled, she will give us the latest information about what homeland security knows about the boston bombing. live in washington kyla campbell. >> make sure you stay tuned to ktvu all morning long for continued team coverage. you can also get updates at any time by going to our channel 2 website ktvu.com. just look for the boston bombings tab on the front page. >>> this morning the new immigration reform bill gets its first test at the hearing of the senate judiciary committee. the gang of eight senators unvailed the plan yesterday. it includes a 13 year path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants here in the united states. some critics of the bill says it amounts
we are told president obama was briefed overnight by his homeland security and counterterrorism advisor -- counter terrorism advisors. just hours before that deadly shooting over night, the president enfierce lady were in boston. he spoke at the interface prayer service and then the two visited victims from monday's last. janet napolitano will speak at a hearing in 45 minutes. if that goes on as scheduled, she will give us the latest information about what homeland security knows about the...
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so farther speculating on a possible motive and president barack obama is urging people to wait for all of the facts. >> we still do not know who did this or why and people should not jump to conclusions before we have all the facts but make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who did this and find out why they did this. >> federal investigators are now pouring over all of the video taken and searching for clues. they say their they were crude devices likely left behind in garbage cans. we are standing by for an update in the newsroom and for now we are live in the newsroom alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> the trainer of a bay area running club experienced some very tense moments until he found out all five of the runners from his club from the boston marathon were safe. >> we are safe, in our hotel, i was one block passed it was awful. >> he is not changing his plan to compete in next year's boston marathon. >> this is a statement, we want to make sure we are not going to be intimidated by people who do stuff like this. it's really just sad. >>
so farther speculating on a possible motive and president barack obama is urging people to wait for all of the facts. >> we still do not know who did this or why and people should not jump to conclusions before we have all the facts but make no mistake, we will get to the bottom of this and we will find out who did this and find out why they did this. >> federal investigators are now pouring over all of the video taken and searching for clues. they say their they were crude devices...
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two explosions at the white house and barack obama is injured. the hoax caused the dow jones to drop 140 points before recovering. some says the incident says that social media is not always a reliable source of information. >> it's just twitter. there is a bunch of parity accounts. that post fake information posing to be somebody else. if you are going to look into it, i think you should look into the actual website. >> a group calling itself the syrian electronic army is taking credit for the hex. >>> time now 6:26. let's go to sal. you ready to take car of your friends on 280? >> we are. we are looking at 280 in san jose yeah, we do have a lot of people who commute this way. but it is not crowded just yet. like wise for 680 heading south when the busiest commutes. right now it does look good. let's go to steve. >>> thank you. fog is back. that means a cooler pattern today and probably tomorrow. boutade instead of the 80s more 60s and 70s. >>> time now is just about 6:26. we will continue our coverage of the boston marathon bombings. we will br
two explosions at the white house and barack obama is injured. the hoax caused the dow jones to drop 140 points before recovering. some says the incident says that social media is not always a reliable source of information. >> it's just twitter. there is a bunch of parity accounts. that post fake information posing to be somebody else. if you are going to look into it, i think you should look into the actual website. >> a group calling itself the syrian electronic army is taking...
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. >>> the man accused of mailing a letter containing the poison ricin to president obama is back in court today. paul kevin curtis has denied any involvement in the letter sent to the president or other letters that were sent to a u.s. senator and a judge. his lawyer days authorities have little evidence connecting him to the letters. curtis' family says he suffers from mental illness. >>> today marks three years six bp's deep water horizon oil platform sank at the gulf of mexico after a huge explosion. 11 workers were killed in this explosion. it caused an oil leak that continued almost three months. almost five million barrels of oil leaked into the gulf. it damaged marine and wildlife habitats as well as the gulf coast fishing and tourism industries. >>> sal is covering traffic and starting in the south bay. what is going on? >> we are just looking at the south bay traffic getting busier pam and dave. 237 we will start there and see the traffic is getting a little bit here. it's not stop and go. it's still rather early. you probably will see some congestion here before too long. it's a
. >>> the man accused of mailing a letter containing the poison ricin to president obama is back in court today. paul kevin curtis has denied any involvement in the letter sent to the president or other letters that were sent to a u.s. senator and a judge. his lawyer days authorities have little evidence connecting him to the letters. curtis' family says he suffers from mental illness. >>> today marks three years six bp's deep water horizon oil platform sank at the gulf of...
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. >>> the man accused of mailing a letter containing the poison ricin to president obama is expected back in court today. he has denied any involvement in the letter sent to the president or other letters sent to a senator and judge. his attorney says authorities have little evil connecting him to the evidence. >>> today marks three years since bp's deep water horizon oil platform sank in the gulf of mexico following a how long explosion. that explosion killed 11 workers. it also caused an oil leak that lasted for almost three months. almost five million barrels of oil leaked into the gulf of mexico. damaging marine and wildlife habitats as well as the fishing and tourism industries of the gulf coast. >>> 5:16 is the time. could be a little busier today. think most of all schools are back from spring break and people back from vacations. it could get crowded. >> it could. we are seeing people on the roads. we don't have a huge crowd just yet. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's not all that bad. traffic is looking good getting into san francisco. also the morning com
. >>> the man accused of mailing a letter containing the poison ricin to president obama is expected back in court today. he has denied any involvement in the letter sent to the president or other letters sent to a senator and judge. his attorney says authorities have little evil connecting him to the evidence. >>> today marks three years since bp's deep water horizon oil platform sank in the gulf of mexico following a how long explosion. that explosion killed 11 workers. it...
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. >>> president barack obama wanted to honor a school finalist at a school in oakland. later she will be joining other teachers from around the country at the white house. fellow teachers love the way she transforms her classroom into a community grounded with mutual respect and high expectations. >> working on a project, that is wonderful for people to meet, 5:08 what are you covering traffic wise? >> nothing. >> well that is good >> so far anyway. this is a look at some of the pictures and again we are not expecting it to stay this way but if you want to get to work right now is the time to go and then it start getting busy on this are could door. you will have to run out right now but right now it is light getting into san francisco. this commute usually gets started later so sit back have a couple of coffee and listen to steve's forecast. >> it is 55 in san francisco and 54 in oakland. >> that is a big difference. >> yes, there is as much of a 20 degrees difference in san francisco alone, ocean beach is 46 and twin peeks is 65. we just heard from chloe, howling wind
. >>> president barack obama wanted to honor a school finalist at a school in oakland. later she will be joining other teachers from around the country at the white house. fellow teachers love the way she transforms her classroom into a community grounded with mutual respect and high expectations. >> working on a project, that is wonderful for people to meet, 5:08 what are you covering traffic wise? >> nothing. >> well that is good >> so far anyway. this is a...
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will not live in fear, but security is high in boston and it will be even higher as president barack obama comes to participate in an interfaith prayer service. >> emily schmidt, thanks so much for that update and we will continue to update you information from boston and also the running festival are putting together a vigil for the people killed. one mile each for each person killed at the boston bombing. it will end at snow park with a candle light vigil and those who plan to participate are asked to wear blue and yellow, the colors of the boston marathon. stay with us for complete team coverage of the boston bombings. claudine wong will have updates in just a few minutes from our newsroom and don't forget you can go to our website www.ktvu.com any time of day for up sedates. >>> somebody mailed a poise knows letter to mississippi roger wicker. the poison laced letter was found in maryland where mail for members of the congress is screened. a senator said this is a person who often writes letters to lawmakers and authorities have not commented on this yet. >>> they forced the evacuation
will not live in fear, but security is high in boston and it will be even higher as president barack obama comes to participate in an interfaith prayer service. >> emily schmidt, thanks so much for that update and we will continue to update you information from boston and also the running festival are putting together a vigil for the people killed. one mile each for each person killed at the boston bombing. it will end at snow park with a candle light vigil and those who plan to...
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along with president obama former presidents george h.w. bush, bill clinton, and jimmie carter are all expected at the event. the george w. bush presidential center at southern methodist university will exam all the pivotal moments of bush's presidency. >>> the federal government now suing lance armstrong for millions of dollars the post office spent sponsoring his tour de france teams. they filed that lawsuit under the false claims acts. they are seeking to recover the $40 million the postal service spent as the title sponsor of armstrong's teams and six of his seven tour de france victories. armstrong used performance enhancing drugs violated the sponsorship contract. >>> now 5:16. i want to check back in with sal for a look at the commute. how has it been going? >> it's going good. the traffic looks good around the bay. they will start off with interstate 880 in oakland and looking at it here near the coliseum it's a very nice drive with no major problems getting up to the coliseum. if you are driving on westbound 92 the san mateo bridge
along with president obama former presidents george h.w. bush, bill clinton, and jimmie carter are all expected at the event. the george w. bush presidential center at southern methodist university will exam all the pivotal moments of bush's presidency. >>> the federal government now suing lance armstrong for millions of dollars the post office spent sponsoring his tour de france teams. they filed that lawsuit under the false claims acts. they are seeking to recover the $40 million the...